136 CENTRAL AFRICAN GAME AND ITS SPOOR. 



OTTER, Large Clawless (Lutra capensis). 



Native Names. 



Chichewa Mbao. Zulu (Ngoni) Ntini.* 



Chikunda Katumbu.* Chiwemba Mumpanda. 



Food. 



Fish and crabs. 



Spoor. 



Like that of leopard. Slightly smaller, with longer and more spread toes in 



proportion. No claw-marks are seen, being clawless, but sometimes tips of toes show, 



which may look like claws. Dung black, with remains of fish bones and crabs' claws 



in it. 



Habitat. 



Streams, rivers, and lakes, but found in greater numbers where there is a large 

 expanse of marsh. 



Habits. 



Its grunting cry can be easily recognised when once heard, or by anyone who 

 has heard the English otter. 



Nocturnal. 



Lighter coloured than the smaller kind. 



Notes. 



* Have but one name for both kind of otters. 



